The psychologist who was the first woman to earn a doctoral degree in psychology in the US and is renowned for writing a comparative psychology book in which she described the cognitive processes in both humans and animals is __________.

Margaret Floy Washburn was the first woman in the United States to earn a doctoral degree in psychology. Her book The Animal Mind examined animal behavior and cognition alongside questions about human mental processes, making her the psychologist described in the question.

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